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Notodontidae
930017 – 7928   Notodonta torva (Hübner, 1803)
             Northern Finned Prominent

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Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • torva (Hübner, 1803) (Bombyx)
  • musculus (Kiriakoff, 1963) (Peridea)
  • nigra Wu & Fang, 2003 (Notodonta)
  • simplaria Graef, 1881 (Notodonta)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Notodonta torva: Previously treated as Notodonta simplaria (Graef, 1881), now viewed as a North American form of a Holarctic species.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1A: 88; pl. A-2, figs. 22-25 (order).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Notodonta torva
    © Cindy Mead
    Notodonta torva
    © D. Lynn Scott
    Notodonta torva
    © Janice Stiefel
    Notodonta torva
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Notodonta torva
    © Gary Anweiler
    Notodonta torva
    37mm – © Jim Vargo
    Notodonta torva
    © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG

    Notodonta torva
    © John G. Franclemont CUIC LG


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